There is an eagerness for everyone to say something about Biafra, to blame somebody for the chaos that is about to unfold if care is not taken. This is not the time to say that IPOB had it coming. The issue here is that human lives are being wasted. First, the killing of Biafran agitators … Continue reading BIAFRA AND THE REST OF US by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion. Pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero, and that deems the glittering conqueror bountiful. Pity a nation that despises a passion in its dream, yet submits in its awakening. Pity the nation that raises not its voice save when it walks … Continue reading Pity The Nation – Kahlil Gibran
I never knew how much I love Nigeria, my country. More and more, I feel it in my soul. The beauty of the several people that come together to form this great entity. I know how much we have lost because I have lived my fair share of three decades in this great place, seeing … Continue reading SINGING AGAINST THIS SONG OF WRONG by Su’eddie Vershima Agema
You’ve raised countless armies and helped mould empires out of individuals You’ve fed everyone whom you backed, like the Queens you’ve raised have done with princes You’ve fed not alone those who are biologically yours You don’t see the difference between man and beast As long as they are a part of nature’s limited yet … Continue reading THE FIRST OF MANY LOVE NOTES (A POEM) by Sefa Renee Charles-Ayede
(For those who love without ceasing individually and an ailing nation) He sighs… The dizzying crisscross of her steps no longer stir his passion much like her physical fashion her flowing hair long gone wild glistens no more. He is beguiled and cheated as he sees her in reality a lady of sorts different from … Continue reading LOST (In Mad Blues)
There’s little that can be said about Chinua Achebe that has not been said. Little to know about him that even the most ignorant of us has not caught in the last one month and so days. From the greatest of orators and the very best of writers to unheard names, common people and … Continue reading CHINUA ACHEBE: Something of thoughts (A Tribute) by Su’eddie Vershima Agema
Chinua Achebe is one of those epically unique individuals whose lives have been so full, so purposive and so impactful that we begin to pray that they will never die. But who doesn’t know that that is mere wishful thinking? To be sure, the Eagle on Iroko didn’t die young, but he left when … Continue reading Chinua Achebe: Death, Where Are Thy Claws? – Niyi Osundare
(for Chinua Achebe) You Stubborn Soul Saturate with thoughts they hated You who littered stubborn words in our hard hearts Words too stubborn to die Too stubborn to be forgotten You literary glitterati Die! The grief that strides Like a bullet through Biafra forests during the war, you pierced Too stubborn, you refused to die … Continue reading STUBBORN SOUL (A POEM) by Kator Hule
Hey guys! If you’re interested in poetry, names and African culture, you’ll probably like my interview with poet, Dike Chukwumerije, out today, in the recent issue of Saraba Magazine (Available for free download here) And if you like freebies and giveaways, you’ll be interested to know that I’ll be giving away 2 autographed copies of his poetry collection, Ahamefula: The Cultural Significance of … Continue reading EASTER BONANZA by Akumbu Uche
Hey, there’s a vote going on with amazing women to cast for as Vlisco Woman of the month – the vote link is here I am concerned particularly with the Nigerian category – naturally 🙂 … Most of you would take Chimamanda [I know, right 🙂 ] or Joke Silva or Abike Dabiri or Amina … Continue reading VOTE EUGENIA ABU FOR VLISCO WOMAN OF THE MONTH 2013
Su'eddie in Life n' Literature 